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Originally Posted by lrt's friend
What happened at the Charlottetown and Quebec conferences would suggest that the failure of Confederation was a real possibility. Many of the 'Fathers of Confederation' required a lot of convincing and there was a lot of compromise needed to seal the deal. Who were the others who could have accomplished this?
Many major decisions were made in the 1860s and 1870s that brought together Canada as a viable country big enough to fight off 'manifest destiny' that was running rampant south of the border.
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Yes, and had our neighbours not been engaged in a hugely destructive Civil War and Reconstruction during that time, history might have had other ideas.
To bring the discussion to a more modern analogy, I don't necessarily believe anyone can be a manager in a business. Some had that special political touch that can achieve the best out of the employees and successfully accomplish the goals of the business. Some are ham-fisted 'principled' clods that drive talent out and are actively destructive to the cause.